The Wrecker Hardcover - 2009
by Clive Cussler; Justin Scott
In The Chase, Clive Cussler introduced an electrifying newhero, the tall, lean, no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell, who,driven by his sense of justice, travels early-twentieth-centuryAmerica pursuing thieves and killers . . . and sometimescriminals much worse.
It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Trainwrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad'sCascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hiresthe fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in hisbest man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteurhaunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker,who recruits accomplices from the down-and-out to attackthe railroad, and then kills them afterward. The Wrecker traversesthe vast spaces of the American West as if he had wings,striking wherever he pleases, causing untold damage and lossof human life. Who is he? What does he want? Is he a striker?An anarchist? A revolutionary determined to displace the "privilegedfew"? A criminal mastermind engineering some as yet unexplainedscheme?
Whoever he is, whatever his motives, the Wrecker knows howto create maximum havoc, and Bell senses that he is far fromdone-that, in fact, the Wrecker is building up to a grand act unlikeanything he has committed before. If Bell doesn't stop himin time, more than a railroad could be at risk-it could be thefuture of the entire country.
Filled with intricate plotting and dazzling set pieces, TheWrecker is one of the most entertaining thrillers in years.
Summary
It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad?s Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker, who recruits accomplices from the down-and-out to attack the railroad, and then kills them afterward. The Wrecker traverses the vast spaces of the American West as if he had wings, striking wherever he pleases, causing untold damage and loss of human life. Who is he? What does he want? Is he a striker? An anarchist? A revolutionary determined to displace the ?privileged few?? A criminal mastermind engineering some as yet unexplained scheme?
Whoever he is, whatever his motives, the Wrecker knows how to create maximum havoc, and Bell senses that he is far from done?that, in fact, the Wrecker is building up to a grand act unlike anything he has committed before. If Bell doesn?t stop him in time, more than a railroad could be at risk?it could be the future of the entire country.
Filled with intricate plotting and dazzling set pieces, The Wrecker is one of the most entertaining thrillers in years.
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- Title The Wrecker
- Author Clive Cussler; Justin Scott
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 470
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Putnam Adult, New York
- Date 2009-11-17
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780399155994 / 0399155996
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.38 x 1.53 in (23.62 x 16.21 x 3.89 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Suspense fiction, Adventure fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009017216
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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